Carnival Installs STM

Carnival Corp has implemented Sea Traffic Management (STM) into
its fleet management and operations software to share voyage data
with ports and other shipping companies.

EU's STM Validation project has now been added to entire
Carnival Corporation fleet, following a successful trial with
Carnival's Costa and Aida-brand ships.

Costa Crociere developed STM support as part of their Fleet
Operation Center software Neptune. This new functionality in
Neptune allows Carnival to interact with other STM services,
ports and shore center operators, and to evaluate voyage
optimization suggestions received by shore centers through the
maritime digital infrastructure.

As part of the setup Carnival ships share their voyage plan
automatically with Vessel Traffic Services along the route.

"Carnival's advanced Fleet Operation Center is a good example of
how a proprietary eco-system can be connected to interact with
external services via STM. Costa´s contributions in bringing STM
forward are most valuable to the project and to the maritime
industry at large", says STM testbed manager Björn Andreasson.

"With our Fleet Operation Centers we have further increased
safety on-board our ships and with STM we can use solution to
share voyage plans with all other STM enabled services such as
route optimization and Vessel Traffic Services to create a shared
situational awareness", says Franco Caraffi, IT Director Carnival
Maritime, part of Information Technology Costa Group.

The STM Validation project goal was to provide STM functionality
to 300 ships but with the entire Carnival fleet, the figure is
now almost 400 ships. The other ships have been equipped by
Wärtsilä Voyage, Furuno and Adveto, as an integrated part of
their ECDIS.